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A woman reho wrote her own obituary in the Cache Cmen in on Lopn. Utah. sard. My greatest accomplishment was in making a de cent and honorable man out of my huvhand." Yet another woman wrote in the Deseret Newt: 1 died today. Jan. II. I9V2. at the age of Awfully young, don't you think?" These days, as Michael Gordon, an editor at The Charlotte Observer of North Carolina, said. "If you want to pay the money, you can say just about anything. Your loved ones can be back flying with the an gels." The Observer has been seeing more of such writing since mid-Julwhen it began charging for all but seven lines of each obituary, following a trend that began among 3. PPT W8I rowing 1 1 Classified Srftfl if fu the Bumf aJ n4 ing for both newspapers, "ll was a fun dettdon. Economic were a minimal part of it." said Wddre "People read Ihe obits now more than ever." A focal funeral director eiiimalcs mint families pay $200 for a one-da- y obit, though some pay a much a SI.OU0 for three day. Most opt for picture at $10. and some even run two pictures, pairing photo of the deceased when young and aged, or before and after chemotherapy. Mark Shcnefell. assistant managing editor at the Standard-Examine- r in nearby Ogden, said the obituaries are not as good from a factual standpoint as they were bo fore the piper turned them into ads five or six year ago. for instance, families often do not mention the cause of death. But. he note, the obits have grown more interesting. "Over the years lve seen that people are doing their own thing more and more." Sheltered said. The Post Register in IJaho Falls. Idaho, began charging a $25 clerical fee ($40 with a picture) in July to partially offset the rising newsprint costs, said Mci Mci Chan, executive editor. But a news clerk still edits what the funeral homes provide. Survivors can pay classified advertising rates to write their own. but few have done so. Some editors say they will resist the largest daily newspapers decades ago. The average obit runs the change to paid notices. Indeed, said he doubts many edi$140. Publisher Rolfc Neill said news- tors have suggested charging for news" and instead have been presprint has become white gold. rissured in by their publishers and ac40 this ing percent price year and an expected 20 percent next countants. "It seems to nic one of the duties year. The cost of running a page of obits each day is more than of a newspaper is to write about the $350,000 a year, not including news rites and rituals of its communities." said Joe Distclhcim. editor of clerks salaries. Readers. Gordon said, arc not the Huntsville Times in Huntsville. Ala. happy. John Ferre, a University of Loumom and "Theyre saying. My dad have been subscribers all their isville communications professor, lives and now youre going to make has been researching the history of me pay money to get their obit in obituaries. lie bemoans the formula obits the paper?" he said. "It was treadbecame standard in daily pathat sacred on ing ground." That reaction prompted the paper pers by the end of Work! War II to return to the previous unpaid and arc still common in many papers. obit policy in two "All they say was that you or I zoned editions, including The York existed. They don't say anything Observer, which Gordon edits. Neill said the Observer strove for about what made us good, what fairness. The paper retained the made us bad," Ferre said. But while the paid obituaries short, free obituary so no death have more personality, Ferre said, goes unnoticed for lack of money, and a reporter tells the story of an its a shame newspapers can't do unheralded life once a week in a them for free. The one time you column called "Its A Matter of get mentioned is when you die, and how did you get that? You had to Life." The furor over the new policy is pay for it. Theres something too bad about that." subsiding, Neill said. But he noted, Nonetheless, those who pay the The people who we wounded are bills are trying to get their moneys still wounded." Readers of The Kansas City Star, worth, inventing hundreds of ways to say goodbye. which began charging for obituaries I love you dearly, you old in January, have not complained so wrote one woman at the poop," loudly, said Editor Art Brisbane. The paper still provides short end of her husband's obituary. We hope you find Heaven easier obits for free, but survivors are not allowed to go into the deceaseds than you could find the airport," a their father, recently debiography or survivors. While some family told parted. families are buying $500 obituaries, One man ended his own obituary most pay about $75. Economics also forced the change thus: Sayonara, aloha, hasta la in Kansas City, Brisbane said. The small-circulati- The Associated Press Paid newspaper obituaries written by survivors and those expecting to die give readers a glimpse of personalities. Often, they show raw, wrenching emotion. More often, they show tenderness and humor. In Utah, headquarters for the Mormon Church, many obits refer to peculiarities of the local culture. Some examples: friends." He loved life and hated politicians." One short obit ended: For details call Michael, and gave a phone number. If there is an afterlife. Bob, drinkwe know youll be there with the infiing coffee, B.S.-in- g dels and blowing that harmonica. He always had an opinion, especially concerning politics and if he didn't have one. he made one Mother attended Brigham Young University just long enough up. To the lady who stole his to write the school song, only to discover that drinking coffee truly savings, You are Forgiven, Find Jesus. was prohibited. Hyacinths, daffodils, the HoNo one liked a good joke better than he did and he told them ly Land, Michelangelo and the often. He even liked the bad ones American Flag were her favorites. Take away gum chewers and the and told them often also." No dust ever settled on her cast winds, and she felt her life was furniture, and she could make such perfect. One woman was a young 27 a snug bed you needed a shoehorn lo tuck yourself in. years of age when a car traveling He loved the Gospel and northbound on Tooele Highway entered her lane and took the most food storage." A special thanks ... to the loving, beautiful, unselfish woman BYU football team for making his that God put on this earth." last day on earth so enjoyable. She graciously accepted the A fisherman and history profact that her only grandchildren fessor died gallantly (if grumpily). would have four legs, a tail and a and An bark. carried pain and loneliA piano teacher admonished ness his entire life and was in his own obit: Everybody fostered, adopted, abused and abandoned by his family, but not his Keep Practicing! an sift K ft if ft .. 4S? 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Ifomimc Wekh. He t prevalent of li? company that handles advertist-- 4 t - fr- ,. x ji; f iiAt i.iL i ir1 m I r.H 80 t Jl le-Iwe- ea all S ToPtncnAftAdCatl ".Vittirihmg that (houlj have bee4 a pniue vervie? ended up Ning Nuervweet." (Indrene WL ll wji jut that tugoif-ws- r grieving lamitief and ihe ta treat tf Iwllll ct i , of tfewr? I f I 5WTCJ1 obi I u hft year inur? h Of ibaitil in t Pitifti rra and the (tnJi were growing (ait. But contributing to H? (tuny? (he choir? w give people what they wanted; a toy to how their loved pore are rrniemtered, Sorvt-Vwer? always disappointed whe4 the paper Of funeral home limited them, ncw-p&ff- 'is Rsuca Lakes ttiiiU 3 DAYS 3 LINES $E90 Price Musi Be Stated In The Ad nder SI Pm ate Partv Ads On "For Sale Items I HOO |